After the past few weeks of data manipulation, putting out fires, various and sundry things, I am back on the sort of thing I like most at work; game design. Couple of Phase II's in the works since the success of Astroengineer, so I've been doing writeups and currently mockups for where we're going to take this crazy thing. MARS COLONIZATION, subtle usage of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, puzzles involving nuclear fission will all hopefully make appearances as developed games in the next couple years.

And people still wonder why I read/watch/play so much random shit. You never know where you're going to get an idea for something.

I'm waffling on what to do with Obsolescence, my original big bang project. Since I signed up for megaflare_ff in order to write the Female-centric FF Crossover of Crazy (which will definitely have FFIV in there, as I'm finally playing it myself and it would go well with my ideas), I'm considering going back to my original idea for it, which was as an Interactive Fiction game/novel.

You'd think I'd have my fill of game design related stuff at work, but it would be nice to do something that I didn't have any limitations on but my own skills and imagination. Also while science and tech are a large part of my work week, Obsolescence is a more philosophical approach, which I don't get to do at work as often. But I still need to get a better grasp of Inform7--oddly enough, my knowledge in programming has been a hindrance to understanding that.

But I'll worry about that after Otakon. Only writing I'm doing before then is my femgenficathon piece, which is coming along little by little. I quite enjoy coming up with Yorda's voice even if it may be more than a little influenced by a younger me and motivations, trying to answer a lot of the complaints about her character (usually from people that finish the game and see the reversal that happens with her, which turns me a bit gooey inside).

Oh, and since a DS is wonderfully portable and makes lunchbreak interesting, I've gotten past the Tower of Zot in FFIV, and have (temporarily) defeated Golbez. It's good to have my girlfriend Rosa back, and I thought their reunion was really sweet. Also Rydia is all growed up. Is it wrong I kind of liked her as a kid better, even if she comes with more summons and black magic now? She's all sexified now. Both her and Rosa's costumes really make me want to try my hand at drawing realistic practical versions of their costumes. At least her personality hasn't changed negatively, so that's REALLY what matters. Also, Kain is a creeper. STAB.

At least Amano was an equal opportunity ridiculous costume designer. XD

This weekend: sewing, and distracting myself from the fact it's July 4th (not that I have anything against Independence Day, in all actuality, the date is purely coincidental).